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Rock Solid Faith
Hebrews 11:1, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 1:17
Faith.
Just how many times in a week do we say the word faith?
I am going to say probably a lot!
Phrases like “keep the faith,” “got to have faith in the system,” “faith, hope and charity,” “faithful friend,”
“faithful companion” or, better yet, “faithful follower.”
“Walking in faith” and “have faith” are a couple
more phrases.
I am sure we have all said these phrases one time or another.
What does the word faith mean, and do we really have faith?
It is a word heard often, and it is said
many times without any real conviction.
Faith is believing in the unseen.
It is confidence in what we hope for and the assurance that the
Lord is working, even though we cannot see it.
Faith knows that no matter what, the Lord is working in it!
Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the confidence in what we hope for and the assurance about what we do
not see.”
In my recent study of the Book of Daniel, the theme of this entire book to me was that Daniel had
faith in God, un-wavering faith.
Despite the situations he was put into, never once did he lose faith, and
God was always there for Daniel.
Here is how this story takes place.
(This is my translation and should be
remembered as how I learned of this book in the Bible.)
Daniel was held captive in a country that did not worship God or follow any of the words of God.
Repeatedly, he was asked to do things that were not of God’s Word.
As the local people who did not care
for Daniel found out about Daniel’s worshiping to God three times a day, he was taken to be punished; and
because of this, was to be thrown in a den of lions.
Listen to these words:
Daniel 6:16, “So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den.
The king said to Daniel, ‘May your God whom you serve continually, rescue you!’”
A stone was placed over the entrance of the den and the king was anxiously waiting for the next
morning; and upon going to the den, the king called to Daniel in an anguished voice, and said “Daniel,
servant of the living God, has your God whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the
lions?” (Daniel 6:20)
“My God sent His angel and He shut the mouths of the lions.
They have not hurt me, because I was
found innocent in His sight” (Daniel 6:22).
You see, Daniel always prayed to God and never turned away
from Him.
This is a very simplified version of this one chapter in the Book of Daniel.
I recommend that you all
revisit this book and read it on your own.
But the message of having complete faith in God and that God
will take care of you was resounding to me.
As it should be to you too!
I am quickly reminded of the song,
“Dare to Be a Daniel.”
Yet another oldie, but goodie, written by P.P. Bliss.
The lines in the chorus go like
this: “Dare to be a Daniel, dare to stand alone, dare to have a purpose firm!
Dare to make it known!”
Wow!!
There is a thought that we need to have back in our lives!
Faith, as I looked up in Merriam-Webster, gives these definitions:
1. Allegiance to duty or person (loyalty, fidelity to one’s promises, sincerity of intentions)
2. Belief and trust in loyalty to God, belief in traditional doctrines of religion
3. Something that is believed, especially with strong conviction
In these definitions there are words that are often used in speaking of faith.
Trust and belief.
Belief
is formed by opinions, and they can change from time to time.
Trust is to place confidence in or rely on.
When we read about faith in the Bible, we many times think of the word trust.
I visited Hebrews Chapter 11 many times.
Hebrews, Chapter 11, is thought of as the faith chapter in
the Bible.
This chapter tells of most of the people who showed amazing faith in God and that He cared for
their needs.
Faith shown by Abel, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Moses, Gideon and the list goes on and on.
I,
for one, enjoyed reading this chapter.
When our faith slides away, read this chapter.
Faith is not just a
mental agreement.
Hebrews Chapter 11 illustrates that faith requires action.
If we believe there is more to
life than what we see, true faith will drive our actions.
I also found this message in James 2:14-18 that reiterates that faith requires action.
The Scripture
states this: “What good is it, my brother, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds?
Can such faith
save him?
Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I
wish you well; keep warm and well fed’ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?
In the
same way faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action is dead.
But someone will say you have faith
and I have deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.”
Faith is not earned; it is a gift from God.
A gift that changes us, changes our situation and our
actions.
Our faith in God will show through our lifestyle, daily decisions and our general personalities.
Side story/chuckle about Hebrews…
There was a young couple that worked every day.
When the wife would get up each morning, she
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